Road will reopen soon

Vehicle recovered

Fire & Rescue release statement

A spokesman for Cambs Fire & Rescue said: “At 10.58am on Thursday (22) one crew from St Neots, one crew from Cambridge and one crew from Gamlingay were called to a fire on the A428.

“Firefighters arrived to find a lorry on fire on a slip road near Dry Drayton on the westbound carriageway. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using hose reels and returned to their stations by 12.55pm.

“The cause of the fire was accidental.”

The burnt out lorry (Image: Cambs Fire & Rescue)

13:00

Police report no injuries

A sokesman for Cambs police said: “Police were called at 10.56am to reports of a lorry on fire on the A428 Hardwick.

“There are no reported injuries and a vehicle recovery is underway.

“The fire is not being treated as suspicious.”

12:38

Cambs fire are on the scene

12:18

Road 'likely to remain closed' for a while

Motorists are advised to take a different route

11:59

Exit slip closed

Police have closed the A428 exit slip for Hardwick/Dry Drayton.

The location of the lorry fire near Hardwick and Dry Drayton (Image: Google)